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780 CMR: MASSACHUSETTS AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE 2009

CHAPTER 16: STRUCTURAL DESIGN

1603.1 Add a third sentence as follows:

When structural components, assemblies, or systems are designed by a registered design
professional under the control of the contractor, and said designs are not included with the
application for permit, said designs shall be submitted to the building official with an application
for amendment to the permit.

1603.1.7 Replace ‘on the community’s Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)’ with ‘of the base flood elevation’.

1604.11 Add subsection:

1604.11 Snow, Wind and Earthquake Design Factors. Ground snow load, p g, basic wind
speed (three second gust speed), V, and earthquake response accelerations for the maximum
considered earthquake, SS and S1, for each city and town in Massachusetts shall be as given in
Table 1604.11.
Exception. For ground snow load and basic wind speeds for R-3 one- and two-family
dwellings of three stories or less, see 780 CMR One- and Two-family Dwellings.
TABLE 1604.11 GROUND SNOW LOADS; BASIC WIND SPEEDS; EARTHQUAKE
DESIGN FACTORS
City/Town pg V Ss S1 City/Town p g, V Ss S1
Abington 45 110 0.26 0.064 Medford 45 105 0.29 0.070
Acton 55 100 0.29 0.071 Medway 55 100 0.25 0.065
Acushnet 45 110 0.23 0.058 Melrose 45 105 0.30 0.070
Adams 65 90 0.22 0.068 Mendon 55 100 0.24 0.064
Agawam 55 100 0.23 0.065 Merrimac 55 110 0.35 0.077
Alford 65 90 0.22 0.066 Methuen 55 110 0.34 0.076
Amesbury 55 110 0.35 0.077 Middleborough 45 110 0.24 0.061
Amherst 55 100 0.23 0.067 Middlefield 65 100 0.22 0.066
Andover 55 110 0.32 0.075 Middleton 45 110 0.32 0.073
Aquinnah (see Gay Head) Milford 55 100 0.24 0.065
Arlington 45 105 0.29 0.069 Millbury 55 100 0.24 0.065
Ashburnham 65 100 0.27 0.072 Millis 55 100 0.25 0.065
Ashby 65 100 0.28 0.072 Millville 55 100 0.24 0.064
Ashfield 65 100 0.22 0.068 Milton 45 105 0.27 0.066
Ashland 55 100 0.25 0.066 Monroe 65 100 0.22 0.069
Athol 65 100 0.25 0.070 Monson 55 100 0.23 0.065
Attleboro 55 110 0.24 0.062 Montague 65 100 0.23 0.068
Auburn 55 100 0.23 0.065 Monterey 65 90 0.22 0.066
Avon 55 100 0.26 0.064 Montgomery 65 100 0.23 0.066
Ayer 65 100 0.28 0.071 Mnt W ashington 65 90 0.23 0.066
Barnstable 35 120 0.20 0.054 Nahant 45 110 0.30 0.070
Barre 55 100 0.24 0.068 Nantucket 35 120 0.15 0.047
Becket 65 90 0.22 0.066 Natick 55 100 0.26 0.067
Bedford 55 100 0.29 0.071 Needham 55 100 0.27 0.067
Belchertown 55 100 0.23 0.066 New Ashford 65 90 0.22 0.068
Bellingham 55 100 0.24 0.064 New Bedford 45 110 0.23 0.058
Belmont 45 105 0.28 0.069 New Braintree 55 100 0.23 0.067
Berkley 55 110 0.24 0.061 New Marlborough 65 90 0.23 0.066
Berlin 55 100 0.26 0.068 New Salem 65 100 0.24 0.068
Bernardston 65 100 0.23 0.070 Newbury 55 110 0.35 0.076
Beverly 45 110 0.32 0.072 Newburyport 55 110 0.35 0.077
Billerica 55 100 0.30 0.072 Newton 55 105 0.27 0.068
Blackstone 65 100 0.24 0.064 Norfolk 55 100 0.25 0.065
Blandford 65 100 0.23 0.066 N. Adams 65 90 0.22 0.069
Bolton 55 100 0.26 0.069 N. Andover 55 110 0.33 0.075

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TABLE 1604.11 GROUND SNOW LOADS; BASIC WIND SPEEDS; EARTHQUAKE

DESIGN FACTORS - continued
City/Town pg V Ss S1 City/Town p g, V Ss S1
Boston 45 105 0.29 0.068 N. Attleborough 55 110 0.24 0.063
Bourne 35 120 0.21 0.056 N. Brookfield 55 100 0.23 0.066
Boxborough 55 100 0.28 0.070 N. Reading 55 105 0.32 0.073
Boxford 110 0.33 0.075 Northampton 55 100 0.22 0.066
Boylston 55 100 0.25 0.067 Northborough 55 100 0.25 0.067
Braintree 45 105 0.27 0.066 Northbridge 55 100 0.24 0.065
Brewster 35 120 0.18 0.052 Northfield 65 100 0.24 0.070
Bridgewater 45 110 0.24 0.062 Norton 55 110 0.24 0.063
Brimfield 55 100 0.23 0.065 Norwell 45 110 0.26 0.064
Brockton 45 110 0.25 0.064 Norwood 55 100 0.26 0.065
Brookfield 55 100 0.23 0.065 Oak Bluffs 35 120 0.18 0.051
Brookline 45 105 0.28 0.068 Oakham 55 100 0.24 0.067
Buckland 65 100 0.22 0.068 Orange 65 100 0.24 0.070
Burlington 55 105 0.30 0.071 Orleans 35 120 0.18 0.051
Cambridge 45 105 0.28 0.068 Otis 65 90 0.23 0.066
Canton 55 100 0.26 0.066 Oxford 55 100 0.23 0.065
Carlisle 55 100 0.29 0.071 Palmer 55 100 0.23 0.066
Carver 45 110 0.24 0.060 Paxton 55 100 0.24 0.067
Charlemont 65 100 0.22 0.068 Peabody 45 110 0.31 0.072
Charlton 55 100 0.23 0.065 Pelham 55 100 0.23 0.067
Chatham 35 120 0.17 0.050 Pembroke 45 110 0.25 0.063
Chelmsford 55 100 0.30 0.073 Pepperell 65 100 0.30 0.073
Chelsea 45 105 0.29 0.069 Peru 65 90 0.22 0.067
Cheshire 65 90 0.22 0.068 Petersham 65 100 0.24 0.068
Chester 65 100 0.22 0.066 Phillipston 65 100 0.24 0.069
Chesterfield 65 100 0.22 0.067 Pittsfield 65 90 0.22 0.067
Chicopee 55 100 0.23 0.066 Plainfield 65 100 0.22 0.068
Chilmark 35 120 0.18 0.051 Plainville 55 100 0.24 0.063
Clarksburg 65 90 0.22 0.069 Plymouth 45 110 0.24 0.060
Clinton 55 100 0.26 0.068 Pympton 45 110 0.24 0.061
Cohasset 45 110 0.27 0.066 Princeton 65 100 0.25 0.069
Colrain 65 100 0.23 0.069 Provincetown 35 120 0.22 0.058
Concord 55 100 0.29 0.070 Quincy 45 105 0.27 0.067
Conway 65 100 0.22 0.068 Randolph 45 105 0.26 0.065
Cummington 65 100 0.22 0.067 Raynham 55 110 0.24 0.062
Dalton 65 90 0.22 0.067 Reading 55 105 0.31 0.072
Danvers 45 110 0.32 0.073 Rehoboth 55 110 0.24 0.062
Dartmouth 45 110 0.23 0.058 Revere 45 105 0.30 0.070
Dedham 55 100 0.26 0.066 Richmond 65 90 0.22 0.067
Deerfield 65 100 0.23 0.068 Rochester 45 110 0.23 0.059
Dennis 35 120 0.19 0.052 Rockland 45 110 0.26 0.064
Dighton 55 110 0.24 0.061 Rockport 45 110 0.33 0.073
Douglas 55 100 0.23 0.064 Rowe 65 100 0.22 0.069
Dover 55 100 0.26 0.066 Rowley 55 110 0.34 0.075
Dracut 55 100 0.33 0.075 Royalston 65 100 0.25 0.070
Dudley 55 100 0.23 0.064 Russell 65 100 0.23 0.066
Dunstable 65 100 0.31 0.074 Rutland 55 100 0.24 0.068
Duxbury 45 110 0.25 0.062 Salem 45 110 0.31 0.071
E. Bridgewater 45 110 0.25 0.063 Salisbury 55 110 0.35 0.077
E. Brookfield 55 100 0.23 0.066 Sandisfield 65 90 0.23 0.066
E. Longmeadow 55 100 0.23 0.065 Sandwich 35 120 0.22 0.058
Eastham 35 120 0.19 0.052 Saugus 45 110 0.30 0.070
Easthampton 55 100 0.23 0.066 Savoy 65 90 0.22 0.068

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TABLE 1604.11 GROUND SNOW LOADS; BASIC WIND SPEEDS; EARTHQUAKE

DESIGN FACTORS - continued
City/Town pg V Ss S1 City/Town p g, V Ss S1
Easton 55 110 0.25 0.064 Scituate 45 110 0.27 0.065
Edgartown 35 120 0.18 0.050 Seekonk 55 110 0.24 0.062
Egremont 65 90 0.23 0.066 Sharon 55 100 0.25 0.065
Erving 65 100 0.23 0.069 Sheffield 65 90 0.23 0.066
Essex 45 110 0.33 0.073 Shelburne 65 100 0.23 0.068
Everett 45 105 0.29 0.069 Sherborn 55 100 0.26 0.066
Fairhaven 45 110 0.22 0.057 Shirley 65 100 0.28 0.072
Fall River 45 110 0.23 0.059 Shrewsbury 55 100 0.25 0.067
Falmouth 35 120 0.20 0.054 Shutesbury 65 100 0.23 0.068
Fitchburg 65 100 0.27 0.071 Somerset 55 110 0.23 0.060
Florida 65 90 0.22 0.069 Somerville 45 105 0.28 0.069
Foxborough 55 100 0.25 0.064 South Hadley 55 100 0.23 0.066
Framingham 55 100 0.26 0.067 Southampton 55 100 0.23 0.066
Franklin 55 100 0.24 0.064 Southborough 55 100 0.26 0.067
Freetown 45 110 0.23 0.060 Southbridge 55 100 0.23 0.064
Gardner 65 100 0.26 0.070 Southwick 55 100 0.23 0.065
Gay Head (Aquinnah) 35 120 0.18 0.051 Spencer 55 100 0.23 0.066
Georgetown 55 110 0.34 0.075 Springfield 55 100 0.23 0.065
Gill 65 100 0.23 0.069 Sterling 55 100 0.26 0.069
Gloucester 45 110 0.33 0.073 Stockbridge 65 90 0.22 0.066
Goshen 65 100 0.22 0.067 Stoneham 45 105 0.30 0.071
Grafton 55 100 0.24 0.066 Stoughton 55 100 0.26 0.065
Gosnold 35 120 0.19 0.053 Stow 55 100 0.27 0.069
Granby 55 100 0.23 0.066 Sturbridge 55 100 0.23 0.065
Granville 65 100 0.23 0.066 Sudbury 55 100 0.27 0.069
Great Barrington 65 90 0.22 0.066 Sunderland 65 100 0.23 0.068
Greenfield 65 100 0.23 0.069 Sutton 55 100 0.24 0.065
Groton 65 100 0.30 0.073 Swampscott 45 110 0.30 0.070
Groveland 55 110 0.34 0.076 Swansea 55 110 0.24 0.061
Hadley 55 100 0.23 0.067 Taunton 55 110 0.24 0.062
Halifax 45 110 0.25 0.062 Templeton 65 100 0.25 0.070
Hamilton 45 110 0.33 0.074 Tewksbury 55 100 0.31 0.073
Hampden 55 100 0.23 0.065 Tisbury 35 120 0.18 0.052
Hancock 65 90 0.22 0.068 Tolland 65 100 0.23 0.066
Hanover 45 110 0.26 0.064 Topsfield 45 110 0.33 0.074
Hanson 45 110 0.25 0.063 Townsend 65 100 0.28 0.072
Hardwick 55 100 0.23 0.067 Truro 35 120 0.22 0.057
Harvard 55 100 0.28 0.070 Tyngsborough 55 100 0.31 0.074
Harwich 35 120 0.18 0.051 Tyringham 65 90 0.22 0.066
Hatfield 55 100 0.22 0.067 Upton 55 100 0.24 0.065
Haverhill 55 110 0.35 0.077 Uxbridge 55 100 0.24 0.064
Hawley 65 100 0.22 0.068 W akefield 45 105 0.31 0.071
Heath 65 100 0.22 0.069 W ales 55 100 0.23 0.065
Hingham 45 110 0.27 0.066 W alpole 55 100 0.25 0.065
Hinsdale 65 90 0.22 0.067 W altham 55 105 0.28 0.069
Holbrook 45 105 0.26 0.065 W are 55 100 0.23 0.066
Holden 55 100 0.25 0.068 W areham 45 110 0.23 0.058
Holland 55 100 0.23 0.064 W arren 55 100 0.23 0.066
Holliston 55 100 0.25 0.066 W arwick 65 100 0.24 0.070
Holyoke 55 100 0.23 0.066 W ashington 65 90 0.22 0.067
Hopedale 55 100 0.24 0.065 W atertown 45 105 0.28 0.068
Hopkinton 55 100 0.25 0.066 W ayland 55 100 0.27 0.068
Hubbardston 65 100 0.25 0.069 W ebster 55 100 0.23 0.064

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TABLE 1604.11 GROUND SNOW LOADS; BASIC WIND SPEEDS; EARTHQUAKE

DESIGN FACTORS - continued
City/Town pg V Ss S1 City/Town p g, V Ss S1
Hudson 55 100 0.26 0.068 W ellesley 55 100 0.27 0.067
Hull 45 110 0.28 0.067 W ellfleet 35 120 0.20 0.054
Huntington 65 100 0.22 0.066 W endell 65 100 0.23 0.069
Ipswich 45 110 0.34 0.074 W enham 45 110 0.32 0.073
Kingston 45 110 0.24 0.061 W . Boylston 55 100 0.25 0.067
Lakeville 45 110 0.24 0.061 W . Bridgewater 45 110 0.25 0.063
Lancaster 55 100 0.27 0.070 W . Brookfield 55 100 0.23 0.066
Lanesborough 65 90 0.22 0.068 W . Newbury 55 110 0.35 0.077
Lawrence 55 110 0.33 0.075 W . Springfield 55 100 0.23 0.065
Lee 65 90 0.22 0.066 W . Stockbridge 65 90 0.22 0.066
Leicester 55 100 0.24 0.066 W . Tisbury 35 120 0.18 0.052
Lenox 65 90 0.22 0.067 W estborough 55 100 0.25 0.067
Leominster 65 100 0.26 0.070 W estfield 55 100 0.23 0.066
Leverett 65 100 0.23 0.068 W estford 55 100 0.30 0.073
Lexington 55 105 0.29 0.070 W esthampton 65 100 0.22 0.066
Leyden 65 100 0.23 0.069 W estminster 65 100 0.26 0.071
Lincoln 55 100 0.28 0.069 W eston 55 100 0.27 0.068
Littleton 55 100 0.29 0.071 W estport 45 110 0.23 0.058
Longmeadow 55 100 0.23 0.065 W estwood 55 100 0.26 0.066
Lowell 55 100 0.31 0.074 W eymouth 45 105 0.27 0.066
Ludlow 55 100 0.23 0.066 W hately 65 100 0.22 0.067
Lunenburg 65 100 0.28 0.071 W hitman 45 110 0.25 0.063
Lynn 45 110 0.31 0.071 W ilbraham 55 100 0.23 0.065
Lynnfield 45 110 0.31 0.072 W illamsburg 65 100 0.22 0.067
Malden 45 105 0.29 0.069 W illiamstown 65 90 0.23 0.069
Manchester 45 110 0.32 0.072 W ilmington 55 105 0.31 0.073
Mansfield 55 110 0.25 0.063 W inchendon 65 100 0.26 0.071
Marblehead 45 110 0.31 0.071 W inchester 55 105 0.29 0.070
Marion 45 110 0.22 0.057 W indsor 65 90 0.22 0.067
Marlborough 55 100 0.26 0.068 W inthrop 45 105 0.29 0.068
Marshfield 45 110 0.26 0.064 W oburn 55 105 0.30 0.071
Mashpee 35 120 0.20 0.054 W orcester 55 100 0.24 0.067
Mattapoisett 45 110 0.22 0.057 W orthington 65 100 0.22 0.067
Maynard 55 100 0.27 0.069 W rentham 55 100 0.24 0.064
Medfield 55 100 0.25 0.065 Yarmouth 35 120 0.19 0.052

1605.3.1 Replace Equation 16-13 as follows:

2/3[1.2D + (1.6W or 1.0E) + f1L + 0.5(L r or S or R) +1.6H] where f 1 is defined in section 1605.2.1

1605.3.2 Delete.

Table 1607.1 Item 5. Revise to read as follows:

Balconies (exterior and interior) and decksh

Table 1607.1 Item 30. Revise ‘Classroom’ uniform loading as follows: 50 psf

1607.5 Add a last sentence as follows:

Partition loads are non-reducible live load.

1607.9.1.6 Add section:

1607.9.1.6 Hangers. Live load shall not be reduced for hangers.

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1607.9.1.7 Add subsection:

1607.9.1.7 Concrete Flat Slabs, Grid Slabs, and Plates. Live load shall not be reduced for
peripheral (two-way action) shear around columns, capitals, and drop panels of concrete flat
slabs, flat plates, and grid (waffle) slabs.

1607.9.2 Delete.

1608.2 Replace as follows:

1608.2 Ground Snow Loads. The ground snow loads to be used in determining the design
snow loads for roofs shall be determined in accordance with Table 1604.11.

1608.3 to 1608.11 Add subsections:

1608.3 Concave Curved Roofs. Section 7.4.3 of ASCE 7 applies to convex curved roofs only.
The effective loaded area of a concave curved roof shall be that area of the surface of the roof
where the tangents to the surface have a slope of 50 degrees or less. The total uniform snow load
for concave curved roofs shall be Pƒ multiplied by the total horizontal projected area of the roof.
This total load shall be applied uniformly over the effective loaded area of the roof.
1608.4 Drifts on Multiple Level Roofs. For multiple stepped roofs similar to that shown in
Figure 1608.4.1, the sum of all the roof lengths upwind above the drift under consideration, lu*,
in Figure 1608.4.1, shall replace lu in Figure 7-8 of ASCE 7. For multiple level roofs similar to
that shown in Figure 1608.4.2, if the total calculated height of a drift and the underlying uniform
snow layer on the upwind side of a higher roof (hd + hb) is equal to or greater than 0.7(hb + hc),
then the length, lu*, as shown in Figure 1608.4.2, shall be used in place of lu in Figure 7-8 of
ASCE 7.
FIGURE 1608.4.1

FIGURE 1608.4.2

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1608.5 Very High Roof Separations. When the ratio hr/LT is greater than 1.0, where LT is the
dimension in feet of the upper roof perpendicular to the wind flow (perpendicular to lu in Figure
7-8 of ASCE 7) and hr = hb + hc, the drift surcharge load on the lower roof due to drifting of snow
from the upper roof may be reduced. The reduced height of the drift surcharge, hdr, shall be not
less than: hdr = hr (2 - hr/LT), except that when hr/LT is greater than 2.0, hdr shall be equal to zero.
1608.6 Snow Pockets or Wells. Account shall be taken of the load effects of potentially
excessive snow accumulation in pockets or wells of roofs or decks.
1608.7 Roof Projections. The term roof projections used herein and in section 7.8 of ASCE 7
shall be interpreted to include screen walls, parapets, fire wall projections, and mechanical
equipment. Drift loads at roof projections shall be in accordance with section 7.8 of ASCE 7.
1608.8 Sliding Snow. In addition to the sliding snow load on a lower roof as required in section
7.9 of ASCE 7, the lower roof shall be designed for a windward drift surcharge at the wall
separating the upper and lower roofs in accordance with Figure 1608.4.1 and section 7.8 of
ASCE 7. The sliding snow load and the windward drift surcharge need not be considered to act
concurrently.
1608.9 Snow Guards. Sliding snow from an adjacent sloping high roof need not be considered
on the low roof if snow guards, as specified herein, are provided on the high roof. In this case,
the sloping roof with snow guards shall be designed for the unit snow loads required for a flat
roof. The roof area(s) requiring snow guards shall be indicated on the construction documents.
Snow guards shall be designed by a registered design professional. The registered design
professional shall insure that there are adequate load paths from the snow guards into the
supporting members and from the supporting members into the primary structure. The structural
design of snow guards shall account for the impact of the sliding snow. The effectiveness in
preventing the sliding of snow of proprietary snow guard systems shall be demonstrated by tests.
1608.10 Snow Storage and Collection Areas. Consideration of potentially excessive snow
accumulation shall be given to portions of structures designated or used as snow collection or
storage areas during and after snow removal operations (e.g. temporary snow collection areas
when mechanically removing snow from a roof; snow storage areas for parking structures).

1609.1.1 Revise the second sentence to read as follows:

The type of opening protection required, and the exposure category for a site is permitted to be
determined in accordance with section 1609 or ASCE 7. See section 1609.3 for the basic wind
speed.

1609.3 Replace the first paragraph with the following:

The basic wind speed, V in mph, shall be determined in accordance with Table 1604.11.

1610 Replace section as follows:

SECTION 1610 LATERAL SOIL AND HYDROSTATIC LOADS
1610.1 General. Basement, foundation, and retaining walls shall be designed to resist lateral
loads due to soil and water pressure. Lateral soil pressure on said walls shall be determined in
accordance with the principles of soil mechanics and as provided in Chapter 18. Floors or
similar elements below the water table shall be designed to resist the upward pressure of the
water.
Exception. Uninhabitable spaces with concrete floors on the ground with an under-slab
drainage system, including sump pits and sump pumps, designed to keep the water level a
minimum of 1 foot below the bottom of the floor slab need not be designed to resist water
pressure.
1610.2 Seismic Loads on Foundation Walls and Retaining Walls. Exterior foundation walls
and retaining walls shall be designed to resist an earthquake force, Fw, for horizontal backfill
surface, equal to:
Fw = 0.100(SS)(Fa)(ãt)(H)2

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where SS is the maximum considered earthquake spectral response acceleration from Table
1604.11, Fa is the site coefficient from Table 1613.5.3(1), ãt is the total unit weight of the
soil, and H is the height of the wall measured as the difference in elevation of finished
ground surface or floor in front of and behind the wall. The earthquake force from the
backfill shall be distributed as an inverted triangle over the height of the wall.
Surcharges that are applied over extended periods of time shall be included in the total
static lateral soil pressure and their earthquake lateral force shall be computed and added to
the force determined above. The point of application of the earthquake force from extended
duration surcharge shall be determined on an individual case basis.
If the backfill or the existing soil behind the backfill consists of loose saturated granular
soil, the potential for liquefaction of the backfill or existing soil adjacent to the wall during
seismic loading shall be evaluated in accordance with the requirements of section 1806.4.
If the backfill or existing soil beyond the backfill is potentially subject to liquefaction, the
increase in design lateral load on the foundation wall or retaining wall shall be determined
by a registered design professional.
For wall strength design, a load factor of 1.43 shall be applied to the earthquake force
calculated above.

1612.1 At the end of the first sentence add this text: ‘in accordance with this section and Appendix G.’

1612.2 Add or revise definitions as follows:

BASE FLOOD ELEVATION. The elevation of the base flood.

BASEMENT. Add after ‘section 1612' the text ‘and Appendix G’

COASTAL WETLAND RESOURCE AREA. Any coastal wetland resource are a subject to
protection under the Wetlands Protection Act, M.G.L. c. 131, § 40, and the Wetlands Protection
Act regulations, 310 CMR 10.21 through 10.35. Coastal Wetland Resource Areas include barrier
beaches, coastal beaches, coastal dunes, rocky intertidal shores, tidal flats, land subject to 100
year coastal storm flowage, coastal banks, land containing shellfish, lands subject to tidal action,
and lands under an estuary, salt pond or certain streams, ponds, rivers, lakes or creeks within the
coastal zone that are anadromous/catadromous fish runs.

DESIGN FLOOD. See base flood.

DESIGN FLOOD ELEVATION. See base flood elevation.

FLOOD HAZARD AREA. The greater of the flowing two areas:

1. The area within a flood plain subject to a 1-percent or greater chance of flooding in any
year
2. The area designated as a flood hazard area on a community’s flood hazard map, such as
a Flood Hazard Boundary Map or Flood Insurance Rate Map, or otherwise legally
designated.
Note. A flood hazard area subject to high-velocity wave action is also considered a flood
hazard area.

1612.3 Replace text with ‘See section 1612.2 for flood hazard areas’.

1612.3.1 Replace ‘design flood’ with ‘base flood’.

1612.3.2 Delete subsection.

1612.4 Add last sentence and Note as follows:

Plans shall be prepared by a registered design professional.
Note. In using ASCE 24, delete Tables 1-1, 2-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1 and 7-1. For elevation
requirements use section 1612 and Chapter 115 Appendix G. Also, delete references to
Coastal A zones and instead use requirements for A zones in section 1612 and Appendix G.

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1612.5 At the end of this section add items 3. and 4. as follows:

Notes:
3. For construction in a coastal wetland resource area:
3.1 For buildings or structures, including new or replacement manufactured homes,
lateral additions, foundations that are replaced in total, replaced so as to constitute new
construction or substantially repaired or improved of a building or structure that has
incurred substantial damage as a result of flooding and/or storms, proposed on a parcel
of land that is located wholly or partially within a coastal wetland resource area shown
on the map entitled “Map of Coastal Wetland Resources For Building Officials”, the
building official shall require submission of one of the construction documents specified
in (a) through (d) along with a notarized statement by the applicant that the Order,
Determination or Notice is in effect and is not the subject of any administrative appeals
before the Department of Environmental Protection or the Division of Administrative
Law Appeals. No building permit shall be issued unless and until a construction
document that conforms to the requirements this section is submitted.
(a) An Order of Conditions establishing the boundaries of all coastal wetland
resource areas in a plan referenced in and accompanying the Order. The Order shall
determine whether the coastal wetland resource areas are significant to any of the
interests identified in the Wetlands Protection Act, M.G.L. c. 131, § 40 including the
interests of flood control and storm damage prevention. If the Order indicates that the
proposed construction work is located within a coastal dune that is significant to the
interests of flood control and/or storm damage prevention, the Order of Conditions
must allow the proposed construction.
(b) An Order of Resource Area Delineation stating that the proposed construction
work is outside the boundaries of all coastal wetland resource areas as shown on a
plan referenced in and accompanying the Order.
(c) A Determination of Applicability stating that the proposed construction work is
outside the boundaries of all coastal wetland resource areas as shown on a plan
referenced in and accompanying the Determination or will not fill, dredge or alter a
coastal wetland resource area.
(d) A Notice of Non-significance evidencing that the proposed construction work
is within a coastal wetland resource area as shown on a plan referenced in and
accompanying the Notice and stating that the coastal wetland resource area is not
significant to any of the interests identified in the Wetlands Protection Act.
3.2 The elevation of the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member, as required
by the lowest floor elevation inspection in section 110.3.3
4. Documentation for buildings located in more than one zone shall meet the requirements
of all zones.

1613.1 Replace the first paragraph with the following:

Every structure, and portion thereof, including nonstructural components that are
permanently attached to structures and their supports and attachments, shall be designed and
constructed to resist the effects of earthquake motions in accordance with ASCE 7, excluding
Chapter 14 and Appendix 11A, but including Massachusetts Amendments to Tables 12.2-1 and
12.14-1.

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Note. Seismic design category A shall not be used in Massachusetts. Any structure that
could satisfy the requirements of seismic design category A in section 1613 or ASCE 7 shall
be assigned to seismic design category B for purposes of implementing this Code.

1613.1 Add, after the exceptions, this text:

Section 1613 presents criteria for the design and construction of buildings and nonbuilding
structures subject to earthquake ground motion. The specified earthquake loads rely on post-
elastic energy dissipation in the structure, and because of this fact, the provisions for design,
detailing and construction shall be satisfied even for structures and members for which load
combinations containing earthquake load produce lesser effects than other load combinations.
The purpose of section 1613 is to minimize the hazard to life of occupants of all buildings
and nonbuilding structures, to increase the expected performance of high occupancy assembly
and education buildings as compared to ordinary buildings, and to improve the capability of
essential facilities to function during and after an earthquake. Because of the complexity of and
the great number of variables involved in seismic design (e.g. variability in ground motion, soil
types, dynamic characteristics of the structure, material strength properties, and construction
practice), section 1613 presents only minimum criteria in general terms. These minimum criteria
are considered to be prudent and economically justified for the protection of life safety in
buildings subject to earthquakes and for improved capability of essential facilities to function
immediately following an earthquake.
Absolute safety and prevention of damage, even in an earthquake event with a reasonable
probability of occurrence, cannot be achieved economically in most buildings. The “design
earthquake” ground motion specified in section 1613 may result in both structural and non-
structural damage. For most buildings designed and constructed according to the minimum
requirements of section 1613, it is expected that structural damage from a major earthquake may
be repairable, but the repair may not be economically feasible. For ground motions larger than
the design earthquake, the intent of section 1613 is that there will be a low likelihood of building
collapse.

1613.5.1 Replace as follows:

1613.5.1 Mapped Acceleration Parameters. The parameters SS and S1 shall be determined
from Table 1604.11.

Note to reader: The following amendments pertain to ASCE 7

ASCE 7, TABLE 12.2-1 Revise as follows:

Note f. Replace ‘ordinary moment frame’ with ‘ordinary steel moment frame’

Limitations: Amend as follows:

Seismic Force-Resisting System Seismic Design Category
A.3 B is NP
A.4 B is NP
A.9 B and C are NP
A.10 B is NP.
A.11 B is NP
A.14 B and C are limited to 35 ft. and note 1.
B.4 B and C are NP for K-type configuration only.
B.7 B is NP
B.8 B is NP
B.19 B and C are NP
B.20 B is NP
B.21 B is NP
B.24 B and C are limited to 35 ft. and note 1.
C.7 B is NP
E.3 B and C are NP
F B is NP
H B and C are limited to 100 ft. and 65 ft., respectively and
note 2

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Note 1. Permitted only at exterior walls and fire-rated walls and not permitted for buildings
in Occupancy Category IV and not permitted for buildings where the dead load of any
laterally supported floor or roof exceeds 25 psf.
Note 2. Connections shall be designed for two times the computed forces and moments
resulting from seismic loads, in combination with other loads, as applicable, but need not be
designed for forces greater than the expected nominal yield strength (RyFyAg) of diagonal
braces in braced frames or 1.1 times the expected flexural capacity of beams (1.1RyMp) in
moment frames. Columns that are part of the seismic force-resisting system shall satisfy the
requirements of section 8.3 Column Strength of ANSI/AISC 341 Seismic Provisions for
Structural Steel Buildings. K-Braced Frames shall not be permitted. Beams in V-Type and
Inverted V-Type Braced Frames shall meet the following additional requirements:
a. A beam that is intersected by braces shall be continuous between columns.
b. A beam that is intersected by braces shall be designed to support the effects of all
tributary dead and live loads from load combinations stipulated by the Building Code,
assuming that braces are not present.
c. Top and bottom flanges of the beam at the point of intersection of braces shall be
designed to support a horizontal force perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the beam
that is equal to 2% of the nominal beam flange strength: Fybf tbf.

ASCE 7, TABLE 12.14-1 Revise as follows:

Limitations: Amend as follows:

Seismic Force-Resisting System Seismic Design Category
A.3 B is NP
A.4 B is NP
A.9 B is NP
A.10 B is NP.
A.11 B is NP
A.14 See note 1.
B.4 B and C are NP for K-type configuration only.
B.7 B is NP
B.8 B is NP
B.19 B is NP
B.20 B is NP
B.21 B is NP
B.24 See note 1.
Note 1. Permitted only at exterior walls and fire-rated walls and not permitted for buildings
in Occupancy Category IV and not permitted for buildings where the dead load of any
laterally supported floor or roof exceeds 25 psf.

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